User`s manual

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4.2 Add/ Edit Users
The Administrator uses this menu selection to set up, edit, and delete users, and to define the access
permissions for each of these users.
Users can be authorized to access specified console server serial ports and specified network-attached
hosts. These users can also be given full Administrator status (with full configuration and management
and access privileges).
To simplify user set up, they can be configured as members of Groups. There are two Groups set up by
default (admin and user).
1. Members of the admin group have full Administrator privileges. The admin user (Administrator)
can access the console server using any of the services that are enabled in System: Services. For
example, if only HTTPS has been enabled, then the Administrator can only access the console
server using HTTPS. Once logged in, they can reconfigure the console server settings (for
example, to enabled HTTP/Telnet for future access). They can also access any of the connected
Hosts or serial port devices using any of the services that have been enabled for these
connections. The Administrator can reconfigure the access services for any Host or serial port.
Only trusted users should have Administrator access.
Note: For convenience, the SDT Connector ―Retrieve Hosts‖ function retrieves and auto-configures
checked serial ports and checked hosts only, even for admin group users.
2. Members of the user group have limited access to the console server and connected Hosts and
serial devices. These Users can access only the Management section of the Management
Console menu and they have no command line access to the console server. They also can only
access those Hosts and serial devices that are checked for them, using services that are enabled.
3. The Administrator can also set up additional Groups with specific serial port and host access
permissions (same as Users). However, users in these additional groups don’t have any access to
the Management Console menu or any command line access to the console server itself. Finally,